Dancing at the dawn of agriculture by Yosef Garfinkel(
)16
editions published
between
2003
and
2014
in
English
and held by
1,221 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"As the nomadic hunters and gatherers of the ancient Near East turned to agriculture for their livelihood and settled into
villages, religious ceremonies involving dancing became their primary means for bonding individuals into communities and households
into villages. So important was dance that scenes of dancing are among the oldest and most persistent themes in Near Eastern
prehistoric art, and these depictions of dance accompanied the spread of agriculture into surrounding regions of Europe and
Africa. In this pathfinding book, Yosef Garfinkel analyzes depictions of dancing found on archaeological objects from the
Near East, southeastern Europe, and Egypt to offer the first comprehensive look at the role of dance in these Neolithic (7000-4000
BC) societies. In the first part of the book, Garfinkel examines the structure of dance, its functional roles in the community
(with comparisons to dance in modern pre-state societies), and its cognitive, or symbolic, aspects. This analysis leads him
to assert that scenes of dancing depict real community rituals linked to the agricultural cycle and that dance was essential
for maintaining these calendrical rituals and passing them on to succeeding generations. In the concluding section of the
book, Garfinkel presents and discusses the extensive archaeological data--some 400 depictions of dance--on which his study
is based"--Publisher description

In the footsteps of King David : revelations from an ancient biblical city by Yosef Garfinkel(
Book
)3
editions published
in
2018
in
English
and held by
186 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
King David is a pivotal figure in the Bible, which tells his life story in detail and gives stirring accounts of his deeds,
including the slaying of the Philistine giant Goliath and the founding of his capital in Jerusalem. But no certain archaeological
finds from the period of his reign or of the kingdom he ruled over have ever been uncovered until now. In this account, the
excavators of Khirbet Qeiyafa in the Valley of Elah, where the Bible says David fought Goliath, reveal how seven years of
exhaustive investigation have uncovered a city dating to the time of David - the late eleventh and early tenth century BCE
- surrounded by massive fortifications with impressive gates and a clear urban plan, as well as an abundance of finds that
tell us much about the inhabitants. Discussing the link between the Bible, archaeology, and history In the Footsteps of King
David explains the significance of these discoveries and how they shed new light on David's kingdom

Neolithic Ashkelon by Yosef Garfinkel(
Book
)10
editions published
in
2008
in
English
and held by
124 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

Sha'ar Hagolan(
Book
)
in
English
and held by
111 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

The Yarmukians : Neolithic art from Shaʻar Hagolan(
Book
)5
editions published
in
1999
in
English
and held by
110 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The discovery and subsequent excavation of an 8000-year-old culture along the Yarmuk River in the Jordan Valley reveal both
a unique civilization and the richest collection of prehistoric art ever unearthed at one site in Israel. The Yarmukians is
a beautifully illustrated, full-color museum catalog tracing Yarmukian history and art

The goddess of Sha'ar Hagolan : excavations at a neolithic site in Israel by Yosef Garfinkel(
Book
)6
editions published
in
2004
in
English
and held by
89 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The finding of some 300 art objects at the ancient settlement of Shaàr Hagolan makes it the most important center of prehistoric
art in Israel and one of the most important in the world. Approximately 70 figurines, make of fired clay and stone, were found
in one of its structures; this is the largest find ofr prehistoric figurines made in a single structure. The members of Kibbutz
Shaàr Hagolan have built a museum that exhibits finds made at the site. Since 2000, five-year exhibits of objects from Shaàr
Hagolan have been mounted at both the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Louvre Museum in Paris. Among the special
art objects from Shaàr Hagolan are figurines in human form made from fired clay and river pebbles. The most striking of these
portray a goddess with wide hips and rolls of fat, seated comfortably and surveying the world through diagonal grooved eyes.
The figurines are designed with a wealth of detail, and the features are exaggerated, giving them a surrealistic appearance.
The eyes are also emphasized on the pebble figurines, though the design approach to these is minimalist and abstract

Socoh of the Judean shephelah : the 2010 survey by Michael G Hasel(
Book
)4
editions published
in
2017
in
English
and held by
61 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"The Socoh Intensive Survey was initiated in 2010 by the Institute of Archaeology, Southern Adventist University, and the
Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with the intent to conduct a large-scale excavation of the site
beginning in 2011. The goal of the anticipated project was to expand the work of the Khirbet Qeiyafa Archaeological Project
into a regional study focusing on the history of the Elah Valley and the expansion of Judah in the Early Iron Age. Specific
research questions to be addressed were (1) the geopolitical interplay between the cities of Tell Zakariya-Azekah, Khirbet
Qeiyafa-Sha'arayim and Khirbet Shuweikeh-Socoh within Judah and the border of Philistia; (2) Socoh's stratigraphic and historical
occupation; (3) its fortification history as a border garrison town; (4) its relationship to the major military history of
the region (Philistine, Assyrian and Babylonian incursions); and (5) its larger significance in the development of the Shephelah"--

Khirbet Qeiyafa by Yosef Garfinkel(
Book
)
in
English
and held by
53 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

Solomon's Temple and palace : new archaeological discoveries by Yosef Garfinkel(
Book
)5
editions published
between
2015
and
2016
in
English
and held by
40 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Solomon's Temple also known as the First Temple and royal palace from the Hebrew Bible have been a riddle for millennia. Biblical
descriptions of these structures have proven difficult to interpret. Yet authors Yosef Garfinkel and Madeleine Mumcuoglu believe
they have unlocked the meaning of these enigmatic Biblical passages, thanks to the discovery of a small stone Temple model
at Khirbet Qeiyafa. In their book, 'Solomon s Temple and Palace: New Archaeological Discoveries', Garfinkel and Mumcuoglu
provide a new understanding of the Biblical descriptions, allowing a new representation of Solomon's Temple and palace

Debating Khirbet Qeiyafa : a fortified city in Judah from the time of King David by Yosef Garfinkel(
Book
)5
editions published
between
2015
and
2016
in
English
and held by
34 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
In 2007 the name "Khirbet Qeiyafa" was still unknown both to professional archaeologists and to the public. In 2008 Khirbet
Qeiyafa became world-famous. This spectacular success is entirely due to the figure of King David, who is so well known from
the biblical tradition but is a very elusive figure from the archaeological or historical point of view. Nowhere else had
an archaeological layer that can be related to this king been uncovered, not even in Jerusalem. For the first time in the
archaeology of Judah, a fortified city from the time of King David had been exposed. The date of the site was obtained by
accurate radiometric measurements conducted on short-lived samples of burned olive pits. The location in the Elah Valley,
just one day's walk from Jerusalem, places the site in the core area of the Kingdom of Judah. Moreover, it is exactly in this
area and this era that the biblical tradition places the famous combat between the inexperienced and anonymous young shepherd
David and the well-equipped giant Philistine warrior Goliath. Khirbet Qeiyafa has become the point of contact between archaeology,
biblical studies, ancient history and mythology. The fieldwork at Khirbet Qeiyafa lasted seven seasons, from 2007 to 2013.
This book, written at the end of the excavation phase, summarizes the main results, supplies answers to various issues concerning
the site that have been raised over the last few years, and presents a comprehensive interim report. The authors use this
opportunity to discuss various methodological issues that relate to archaeology and the biblical tradition, and how to combine
the two.--Cover

Sha'ar Hagolan by Yosef Garfinkel(
Book
)8
editions published
between
2001
and
2002
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
29 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This monograph presents the revolutionary results of ten years of excavation and research in the Neolithic village of Sha'ar
Hagolan, Jordan Valley, Israel. Sha'ar Hagolan is dated to the Pottery Neolithic period and is the type-site for the Yarmukian
culture, which occupied large parts of the Mediterranean climatic zones of Israel, Jordan and Lebanon during the sixth millennium
BC. Recent excavations at the site have far-reaching implications for the entire Neolithic period, as well as for the history
of agriculture, art and cult and other aspects of material culture in the ancient Near East. The evidence for the architecture
and village planning, material culture and remarkable art objects shows what was previously considered to be an era of decline
was a time of cultural evolution and development in the Levant